Overview
- Provides up-to-date information on the state of biodiversity and conservation in the Yucatan Peninsula based on state-of-the-art research, for both coastal and forest ecosystems
- Gives a deep understanding of the multi-faceted aspects of the challenges awaiting biodiversity in face of global change in the Yucatan Peninsula
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Table of contents(15 chapters)
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Physical Setting and Vegetation
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Ecosystems and Conservation
About this book
This book provides information relevant for the conservation of biodiversity and the sound management of the coastal and forest ecosystems of the Yucatan Peninsula in the face of global change. Various aspects of the biodiversity of the Yucatan Peninsula are analyzed in an integrative manner, including phenological, ecophysiological, ecological and conservation aspects of plants and animals and their relationships with humans in coastal and forest ecosystems.
Editors and Affiliations
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El Colegio de la Frontera Sur ECOSUR, Chetumal, Mexico
Gerald Alexander Islebe, Birgit Schmook
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Université de Sherbrooke, sherbrooke, Canada
Sophie Calmé
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San Cristóbal de las Casas, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur ECOSUR, Chiapas, Mexico
Jorge L. León-Cortés
About the editors
Dr. Gerald Islebe, PhD University of Amsterdam, more than 70 papers on paleoecology and tropical plant ecology. 16 years of experience in the Yucatan Peninsula. Highest level in the Mexican National System of Researchers (N3). Dr. Sophie Calmé, PhD Laval University, more than 40 scientific papers on animal ecology and conservation, and plant ecophysiology; 5 books, 3 of them as editor. 15 years of experience in the Yucatan Peninsula. Member of the Mexican National System of Researchers. Dr. Jorge L. León-Cortés, PhD University of Leeds, more than 40 scientific papers on insect ecology and biodiversity. Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and Member of the National System of Researchers. Dr. Birgit Schmook, PhD Clark University, more than 40 scientific papers on human migration, ecology, environment and changes in land use. 20 years of experience in the Yucatan Peninsula. Member of the Mexican National System of Researchers.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biodiversity and Conservation of the Yucatán Peninsula
Editors: Gerald Alexander Islebe, Sophie Calmé, Jorge L. León-Cortés, Birgit Schmook
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06529-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06528-1Published: 24 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36014-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-06529-8Published: 17 November 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 401
Topics: Ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology/Ecology